Grounded

"Severus, You can't be serious!" Pansy shrieked, and suddenly the entire great hall seemed to grow silent, everyone turning to see the snakes turning on their head of house.

Severus Snape gave Pansy a venomous look that many had only ever seen directed at Harry Potter and his Golden Trio, and he asked, "When have you ever know me to be anything but serious, Mrs. Parkinson?"

Blaise was on his feet in a secant and standing behind his girlfriend he said in a quite voice that still reached the edges of the room, "You can't do this!"

Severus crossed his arms and said, "It's already done."

Several Slytherins let out shouts of anger and disbelief until finally Dumbledore asked, "Severus, what may I ask is the problem?"

Snape straightened slightly, and the rest of the snakes seemed to realize that they were not the only ones present; Snape spoke quite, "Just a little dispute Albus, nothing to worry about."

It was in one of the silent moments that one of the 2nd year Slytherin girl's whispered to her friend, "Professor Snape grounded Draco."

The whisper was quite, but one of the Ravenclaws overheard and asked in a loud voice, "Snape grounded Malfoy? Can he even do that?"

So in a matter of secants, everyone had heard the news, Professor Severus Snape, Head of Slytherin, had grounded Draco Malfoy.

When they Gryffindors hear the news, Ron Weasley whooped in excitement, then frowned and asked, "Wait, why would he do that? I mean Malfoy's a right git, but he's the only chance Slytherin has of ever beating us?"

Harry frowned and asked, "Where is Malfoy?"

Ron shrugged and said, "Probably didn't want to show his face!"

Draco Malfoy, did not show up till the very next day, and as he came in, many asked him why he had been Grounded, and he would just snarl something nasty about the person, before walking away. So when Harry got partnered with Draco for Potions, he almost smiled, because the git couldn't just walk away from him, and Harry really wanted to know, now that it was obvious Draco didn't want anybody to know.

So as Harry began gathering their ingredients Harry asked, "Malfoy, why were you grounded?"

Draco grabbed up the cutting knife and started violently chopping one particular ingredient, Harry only smiled, because they had a whole two hours, and there was no way Draco could keep quite that long. Draco might not tell him what the actual problem was but it would be funny to see Draco snap and start yelling. So every ten minutes or so, when Snape was clearly to far away to hear, Harry would whisper, "why are you grounded Malfoy?"

Harry was surprised when thirty minutes later, Draco brought a sealed vial of their potion to Snape, long before anyone ells was anyone near done with theirs, and after quickly and efficiently cleaning the area Draco left without a word. Once Draco was gone, Snape snarled, "What are you just standing there for, Potter? Malfoy already handed in your vial, get out of my classroom."

Harry blinked in confusion, before gathering his things and leaving the room. He hadn't expected that, but now he was even more curious as to why Draco was grounded.